Hi, I just found this thread via google. I'll try to answer some questions you guys have;
You no longer need to do the terminal command stuff when you install the extension. It was needed in earlier versions in order to fix OSX file/folder permissions in the addon directory. I've since found a way to do this automatically through the plugin when it's installed. The extension should work fine in Firefox 3.6. I tested it before I uploaded it in Firefox 3.6 and Firefox 4 on OSX and Windows 7. The extension works as follows - It gets the file info it needs from the ABC API urls, then writes that info to the b.command file. Then it executes the b.command file which passes the file download info to the rtmpdump binary located in the rtmpdump folder in the extension folder. The rtmpdump program is the thing that does most of the heavy lifting. It's the thing that connects to the abc and streams the file to download to your hard drive. The binaries of rtmpdump in the iViewfox extension were compiled by me from the source: http://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu/ as the developers unfortunately don't provide them for OSX. One of the most important parts to compiling the rtmpdump is SSL libraries. Unfortunately, OSX 10.5 uses out of date SSL libraries, so that can sometimes make it not work on systems before 10.6. I compiled my binaries with a static library called PolarSSL to try and get around this, but I think it may still be an issue. Here are some older compiles I did if you'd like to play around with them: http://forboden.com/coding/rtmpdump-2.2d-IntelOSX32bit-Build-PolarSSL.zip http://forboden.com/coding/rtmpdump-2.2d-IntelOSX64bit-Build-PolarSSL.zip http://forboden.com/coding/rtmpdump-2.2d-PPC-Build-PolarSSL.zip The extension removes the version number setting when it's uninstalled but leaves all the rest of the settings if they've been modified by the user. I can get it to remove/reset all of the settings on uninstallation if you prefer. There is also a command line downloader available if you're comfortable using the Terminal: http://localhostr.com/download/LI9tK5B/iView_Downloader_OSX_V7.0.zip The advantage of using the command line version is that you're able to use the resume feature. (there's no easy way for me to implement the resume feature in the iViewfox extension) Also remember that if you're with iiNet, you need to access the iView site directly, not via the freezone portal. The NSQuickDrawView Quartz error that was mentioned doesn't have anything to do with the addon. rg.mozilla.firefox[1000]: 2011-03-28 14:04:19.648 plugin-container[1003:903] That means it was a plugin that caused the error, not an addon. You can check which plugins you have installed by going to about:plugins in the url bar. If you'd like to watch the videos on your iPad, you can use ffmpeg to extract the mp4 video from the flash container. I've made an extension to help you do that: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flvuncontainer/ There's also a channel 7 downloader: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/plus7fox/ If you're feeling really adventurous, you could try getting Jeremy Visser's great Python-iView app working on OSX. I've detailed the steps here: https://jeremy.visser.name/2009/08/30/python-iview/comment-page-5/#comment-6382 Cheers, Yansky. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
